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The Country In Our Hearts

A new podcast from WPLN News

The story of how Nashville became home to the largest Kurdish diaspora in America is an epic one. A tale of bloody genocide, of freedom fighters, of stunning perseverance.

But the story of the Kurdish people, no matter where they are, is a story about a country that only exists in the hearts of its people. And the lengths they’ll go to make it real.

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Trans kids in half of U.S. states cannot get gender-affirming care as SCOTUS upholds Tennessee’s ban

Transgender kids in nearly half of all U.S. states will not be able to access gender-affirming care after Wednesday's landmark Supreme Court decision.

Juneteenth listening recs from This Is Nashville

As This Is Nashville observes the national holiday to mark the Emancipation Proclamation reaching all enslaved people, consider these episodes for deep and informative listening.

Nashville’s next city budget includes a substantial property tax increase

Nashville’s Metro Council approved a property tax increase as part of the city’s $3.8 billion spending plan on Tuesday night.

No Kings Nashville immigrants

Americans are shaky on Trump’s tariffs, deportations without hearings, Vanderbilt poll finds

More Americans worry about how deportations are being carried out than they worry about their current finances, according to a Vanderbilt poll released Wednesday.

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Politics

Trans kids in half of U.S. states cannot get gender-affirming care as SCOTUS upholds Tennessee’s ban

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for minors

No Kings Nashville immigrants

Americans are shaky on Trump’s tariffs, deportations without hearings, Vanderbilt poll finds

Checking in on ‘community benefits agreements’ in Tennessee — and the new law curbing them

Environment

NAACP, environmental group notify Elon Musk’s xAI company of intent to sue over facility pollution

Tennessee’s second-largest job sector could take hit under Trump tax bill

Listen: Tennessee mines a lot of clay — and manufactures a lot of tile

Trump fires 3rd TVA board member since March

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Health Care

Trans kids in half of U.S. states cannot get gender-affirming care as SCOTUS upholds Tennessee’s ban

Trump administration blocked from cutting local health funding for Nashville and other municipalities

Safety net advocates want Tennessee’s senators to vote no on the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Ballad Health’s hospital monopoly underperformed. Then Tennessee lowered the bar.

Criminal Justice

Man formerly on death row can’t serve 2 life terms at the same time, Tennessee Supreme Court rules

Federal judge recuses himself days before sentencing Memphis officers accused in Tyre Nichols’ death

A group of protesters outside of a federal courthouse building in downtown Nashville.

Man wrongly deported to El Salvador pleads not guilty to smuggling charges in Nashville

Country musician fatally hit Nashville pedestrian with truck. No charges now, but probe ongoing

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